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Industry News: Future of Mobility
Delhi EV policy: Government allocates Rs 100 crore to state electric vehicle fund for 2019-20edit
Moving ahead with implementing its e-vehicle policy, the Delhi government announced Rs 100 crore for a state electric vehicle fund in its 2019-20 budget, presented in the assembly on Tuesday. Presenting the budget, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia proposed an outlay of Rs 1,807 crore for implementation of various schemes, programmes and projects of the transport department in 2019-20.
“This allocation is almost double the revised estimate of 2018-19,” Sisodia, who also holds the finance portfolio, said.He said vehicles contribute to approximately 40 per cent emission of PM 2.5 in Delhi. Working to resolve the problem, the government has formulated a draft electric vehicle policy to promote the use of battery electric vehicles (BEV) in Delhi, ...EV
Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission Proposes EV Charging Tariffedit
To help the electric vehicle (EV) sector grow in Uttar Pradesh, the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has proposed tariffs for EV charging stations in the state. The proposal is up for comments up to March 6, 2019. The UPERC will hold a public hearing to discuss the matter on March 7, 2019.
UPERC conducted a workshop on “Technosphere of EVs-Charging Infrastructure, power demand estimation, and pricing issues.” It was proposed that a new category by the name ‘EV Charging’ will be created in the rate schedule.
EVCabinet set to clear Rs 10,000 crore EV schemeedit
The much-awaited faster adoption and manufacturing of (hybrid) electric vehicles (FAME) II scheme may be soon a reality, as the Union Cabinet is likely to clear a Rs 10,000-crore plan on this respect Thursday.
According to a top official source, the much-delayed FAME-II will be for a period of three years instead of five years as envisaged earlier, and for passenger electric cars, the subsidy will be available only for taxi aggregators. “The Rs 10,000-crore support will be used for subsidies on electric busses, passenger cars to be used by taxi aggregators, three-wheelers and two-wheelers,” the source said.
EVIndustry News: Future of Work
Rethinking the job paradigm: Need increased focus on developing ‘mass services’ as driver of growthedit
Jobs has become the ‘hottest’ political battle as the Lok Sabha elections approaches, as media reports on jobs data from the NSSO survey, and earlier in 2017 from the labour ministry survey of establishments, point towards job-less growth. While the government has raised questions on the accuracy of data, the opposition has questioned government policies. To me, this is shooting down the messenger for the message. I believe that this data raises a different question of whether it is time to rethink the paradigm for job creation? To answer this question, we have to first de-average the India growth data to draw any conclusions, and, secondly, understand the structural shifts in global supply chains which impact every ...Future of Jobs
Industry News: Education
India’s Higher Education Needs a Paradigm Shiftedit
India has the third largest higher education system in the world, after the US and China, according to the World Bank. However, in terms of expenditure per student as well as per teacher, India falls behind.
In the last decade, access to higher education has improved as more IITs, IIMs and central and state-level universities have been established. However, this proliferation has also raised concerns about an imbalance between excellence and inclusion.
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